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Posted by BIE on Sun Sep 9 14:30:09 2007, in response to Re: Phila Inquirer: Gas prices, global warming renewing interest in high-speed rail, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Sep 9 11:03:45 2007. Lemme see, Get to the airport 2 hours before flight so the TSA drones can see that you aren't on the no fly list and hope to God some bank robber dcesn't share your name, then have to take your shoes off and go through other degrading rituals because of the innately very dangerous potential that a crazed Muslim fundamentalist can convert your airplane into a weapon of mass destruction and then squeeze into a TINY space for the flight itself. If the weather is unfavorable ANYWHERE on your route, you face the real potential for either departure or arrival delays at any of the airports you originate from, land at or take off from during the flight. When you MERCIFULLY are allowed to leave the plane at the end of your trip, you have to collect your luggage (if it got there and wasn't sent to another place 2000 miles away. Between the time your landing gear slams into the runway and the time your taxi leaves the airport property can EASILY be another 45 minutes. Then, if you are going downtown, expect a LONG ride. ALL this to insure that the aerospace industry can have enough business volume to stay in business to serve the military. Let them build HSR trains instead. |
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